The Pixel 3 phones will be designed and engineered in Taiwan

Secondly, it gives Google a vast new engineering base in Taipei, Taiwan, where HTC is located. A crucial element of the acquisition is the power it will give Google to design its own consumer hardware as well as high-end, special objective chips. ( read original story ...)

FPC Announces New Integrations With Japanese and Taiwanese OEMs

New smartphones from major Japan- and Taiwan-based OEMs feature Fingerprint Cards fingerprint sensors, the company has announced. FPC hasn’t revealed the names of these clients, but indicated that the integrations include its FPC1035 and FPC1272 sensor ... ( read original story ...)

Google closes HTC deal, welcomes smartphone innovators

Neither and both happened. September last year, Google and HTC announced a $1.1 billion deal that, among other things, would see a large chunk of the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s mobile team transfer to the mothership. Google has now announced that deal ... ( read original story ...)

Chunghwa Telecom Reports 2018 Guidance

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") today reported its guidance for 2018 on a consolidated basis. All figures were prepared in accordance with Taiwan-International ... ( read original story ...)

Realty transactions look up in Taiwan at last

Property transactions in Taiwan climbed 8 percent year-on-year in 2017, effectively ending three consecutive years of falling volumes, reported the Ministry of the Interior. Sales of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan numbered around 266,086 units last ... ( read original story ...)

Housing transactions in Taiwan end 3-year slump in 2017

Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) Transactions of residential and commercial property in Taiwan staged a rebound in 2017, ending three straight years of declines, according to the Ministry of the Interior (MOI). After transactions of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s high-tech weapons

A recent tour at the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology -- the brains behind Taiwan's weapons program -- gave a glimpse to what high-tech warfare will entail, and what weapons Taiwan hopes to have if the unfortunate happens -- war breaks ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan smartphone sales dip lower in December

Smartphone sales in the Taiwan market slid 5.5% sequentially to 614,000 units in December 2017, as sales momentum of Apple's iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices began to slow down, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Nevertheless, Apple remained ... ( read original story ...)

97 Taiwanese arrested in eastern Europe for telecom fraud

Countries from Spain to Indonesia have agreed to deport Taiwanese scammers to China despite protests from Taipei, which says the suspects should be sent back to Taiwan for investigation and trial. Last month, China jailed 44 Taiwanese for telecom fraud ... ( read original story ...)

97 Taiwanese arrested in Europe for telecom fraud

Countries from Spain to Indonesia have agreed to deport Taiwanese scammers to China despite protest from Taipei, which says the suspects should be sent back to Taiwan for investigation and trial. Last month, China jailed 44 Taiwanese for telecom fraud ... ( read original story ...)